Gluten-free Spritzgebäck (piped butter cookies) with rice flour and vanilla

Gluten-free Spritzgebäck (piped butter cookies) made with rice flour, butter, vanilla and maple syrup, without wheat or refined sugar. Low FODMAP, a snack for Advent and for your Christmas cookie tin.

At a glance

• Serves 10
• Prep time: 25 min
• Cooking time: 12 min
• Total time: 37 min
• Calories: 201 kcal per serving
• Protein: 2 g
• Fat: 11 g
• Carbs: 24 g

Ingredients

• 200g rice flour
• 50g cornflour
• 125g butter, softened
• 50g maple syrup
• 1 egg
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 pinch of salt

Method

You’ll need: oven · baking tray · piping bag

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (160 °C fan) and line two baking trays with baking paper.
2. Beat the soft butter with the maple syrup, vanilla seeds and salt for 3 min until creamy, then stir in the egg.
3. Mix the rice flour and cornflour and briefly stir them in until you have a soft, smooth dough.
4. Spoon the dough into a piping bag with a large star nozzle and pipe 30 rings, sticks or S shapes onto the trays.
5. Bake the Spritzgebäck tray by tray at 180 °C for 10 to 12 min until the edges are light brown.
6. Leave it to firm up briefly on the tray, then cool on a wire rack. This makes about 30 cookies (3 per portion). They keep for 2 to 3 weeks in an airtight tin somewhere cool and dry.

Good to know

Spritzgebäck works without wheat too: rice flour and a little cornflour make the dough fine and crumbly. Maple syrup sweetens it instead of sugar, and vanilla brings the aroma. The dough is soft, so it goes through the piping bag easily.

Swaps

Rice flour → gluten-free flour blend. Maple syrup → coconut sugar (finer; in large amounts no longer low FODMAP). Vanilla → zest of an orange. Butter → coconut oil (firmer dough, work it cold).

Cooking tips

If the dough is too firm for the piping bag, stir in a tablespoon of milk. If it is too soft, chill it for 10 min.

Storage

Keeps for 2 weeks in a tin.

Allergens

Contains milk (butter) and egg. Gluten-free; suitable for children and during pregnancy.